1446: Landing/Transcript
- [Below is the complete transcript for 1446: Landing.]
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- [Showing blank image]
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- Rosetta: Three hours to separation.
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- Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?
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- Rosetta: I don't think so.
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- Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.
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- Rosetta: We are go for separation!
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- Philae: Yessss!
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- Time until lander separation: 1 Hour
- [02:40:00:]
- Time until lander separation: 55 Minutes
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- Time until lander separation: 50 Minutes
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- Time until lander separation: 75 Minutes
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- Time until lander separation: 70 Minutes
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- Time until lander separation: 65 Minutes
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- Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes
- Philae: Can I just go now?
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- Time until lander separation: 45 Minutes
- Philae: Turning on sesame. Bzzzzzzzzzt.
- [03:25:00:]
- Time until lander separation: 40 Minutes
- Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.
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- Time until lander separation: 30 Minutes
- Philae: Yeah! [separate dialogue] ... a little boring maybe.
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- Time until lander separation: 25 Minutes
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- Time until lander separation: 20 Minutes
- Rosetta: Ok, turning on concert. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.
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- Time until lander separation: 15 Minutes
- Philae: Assuming comets even have insides!
- Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.
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- Time until lander separation: 10 Minutes
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- [Direction marked "To comet"]
- Time until lander separation: None
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- [Philae separates from Rosetta to comet]
- Philae: Wheee!
- [04:15:00:]
- Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!
- Philae: Just take a selfie.
- Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera.
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- Time until landing: 6 Hours
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- Rosetta: Bye
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- [Rosetta, Philae and comet appear on the left, indicating the landing progress. Philae appear on the right.]
- [10:15:00:]
- Philae: Spaaaaaaaace
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- [Showing Rosetta on the right]
- Rosetta: Lost track of Earth thanks to that jolt.
- [10:30:00:]
- Rosetta: Let's see, where is it...
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- Rosetta: Aha!
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- Time until landing: 5 Hours
- Rosetta: Hey! Earth!
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- Rosetta: Check out these pics!
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- [Showing Philae on the right]
- Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.
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- Philae: This is so cool.
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- [Status report appear from bottom-right corner]
- Status report:
- Rosetta: In space
- Philae lander: In space
- Mission control: Not in space
- Comet 67P: Big
- Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
- [11:10:00:]
- Philae: ... I hope harpoons work on comets.
- [11:15:00:]
- [New category appears in status report]
- Status report:
- Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
- [11:25:00:]
- Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?
- [11:30:00:]
- Rosetta: Yes!
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- Time until landing: 4 Hours
- Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.
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- Status report:
- Mission control: Worried
- [11:45:00:]
- Rosetta: There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.
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- Status report:
- Philae lander: Worried
- [11:55:00:]
- Philae: I really hope harpoons work on comets.
- Status report:
- Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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- Status report:
- Philae lander: Brave
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- Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?
- [12:20:00:]
- [New category appears in status report]
- Status report:
- Whales: Not in space
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- [Whale appears inside the comet]
- [12:30:00:]
- [Whale marked "Probably not"]
- Status report:
- Whales: Probably Not in space
- [12:35:00:]
- [Whale and stick figure on comet marked "Probably not"]
- [New category appears in status report]
- Time until landing: 3 Hours
- Status report:
- Has anybody tried this before: Nope
- [12:40:00:]
- Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on Earth about now.
- Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.
- Rosetta: I'm watching for the ✔ seen 12:41 pm message.
- [12:50:00:]
- Philae: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? [separate dialogue] Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Worried
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- Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Brave
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- Rosetta: We think, anyway.
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Worried
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- Philae: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on whales.
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- Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?
- Philae: No.
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- Status report:
- Philae lander: Thinking about whales
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- [More whales appear above the comet surface]
- [13:30:00:]
- [Whales and stick figure disappear]
- [Slab of rock appears near the target]
- [Whale hides behind rock]
- Rosetta: ✔ seen 1:02 pm [separate dialogue] Hooray!
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Thinking about rocks
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- Time until landing: 2 Hours
- Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Worried
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- [New category appears in status report]
- Rosetta: When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. [separate dialogue] If you do, your harpoons won't fire.
- Status report:
- U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What time is it?"
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- Philae: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.
- Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.
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- Status report:
- Philae lander: WORRIED
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- [New category appears in status report]
- Philae: Can't a pilot on Earth help me land?
- Rosetta: Sorry. [separate dialogue] They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Worried
- Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
- Earth: Far away
- [14:00:00:]
- Rosetta: You're gonna have to do it on your own.
- [14:05:00:]
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Brave
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- Philae: I can do this.
- [14:15:00:]
- Rosetta: Well, and if you don't [separate dialogue] it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. [separate dialogue] None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.
- Philae: Haha, yeah!
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[Slab of rock disappears]
- Philae: Enjoy being stuck on your planet, suckers!
- Status report:
- Mission control: Stuck on Earth
- [14:25:00:]
- Philae: All right! [separate dialogue] Time to turn on my landing cameras...
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[Philae fires thrusters]
- Philae: ...Annnnd arm my harpoons!
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- Time until landing: 60 Minutes
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- Time until landing: 55 Minutes
- Rosetta: Can you see it? [separate dialogue] Can you see the landing site?
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- Time until landing: 50 Minutes
- Philae: WOW.
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- Time until landing: 45 Minutes
- Status report:
- Philae lander: WOW.
- [15:00:00:]
- Time until landing: 35 Minutes
- Philae: Hi, comet. I'm Philae. [separate dialogue] We caught you.
- Status report:
- Comet 67P: Near
- Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...
- [15:10:00:]
- [Showing Rosetta on the right]
- Time until landing: 25 Minutes
- Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. [separate dialogue] Spinning a little.
- Philae: WHEEEE!
- Status report:
- Philae lander: WHEEEE!
- [15:15:00:]
- Time until landing: 20 Minutes
- Rosetta: They're loving your pictures back home!
- Status report:
- Mission control: Nervous
- [15:20:00:]
- Time until landing: 15 Minutes
- Status report:
- Philae lander: WOW.
- [15:25:00:]
- Time until landing: 10 Minutes
- Rosetta: Hey, Philae- [separate dialogue] Do you see anything that might explain how to levitate and destroy rocks with your minds? [separate dialogue] People back home keep asking.
- Status report:
- U.S. Scientists: Anxious
- [15:30:00:]
- Time until landing: 5 Minutes
- Rosetta: Philae?
- Status report:
- Philae lander: ...
- Mission control: Anxious
- Whales: Anxious
- U.S. Scientists: Nervous
- Have we landed on a comet?: ...
- [15:35:00:]
- [Showing Earth on the right]
- Time until news of landing: 30 minutes
- Status report:
- Comet 67P: Far away
- Whales: Calm
- Have we landed on a comet?: ???
- Do harpoons work on comets: [circled] Hopefully
- Earth: Near
- [15:40:00:]
- Time until news of landing: 25 minutes
- Prime Minister: I hope we succeeded. That awful comet must be destroyed.
- Aide: ...Mr. Prime Minister, no one is trying to destroy the comet.
- Prime Minister: What?! But I secured you all this funding. I just assumed...
- Status report:
- Mission control: Nervous
- U.S. Scientists: Anxious
- [15:45:00:]
- Time until news of landing: 20 minutes
- This picture of Philae falling away is beautiful.
- It's kind of blurry and washed out.
- There will be a lot more soon. But this was the first.
- Status report:
- [15:50:00:]
- Time until news of landing: 15 minutes
- Status report:
- Philae lander: ???
- Mission control: AAAAAAA
- U.S. Scientists: AAAAAAA [trails off]
- Have we landed on a comet?: ???
- [15:55:00:]
- Time until news of landing: 10 minutes
- AAAA! I can't take it - this is too stressful!
- You're just looking at Twitter.
- I should probably never actually go to space.
- [16:00:00:]
- [New category appears in status report]
- Time until news of landing: 5 minutes
- AAAAAAAAAAA
- Status report:
- Whales: AAAAAAA
- Dolphins and Fish: Um, are those whales screaming?
- [16:05:00:]
- [Philae and the comet on the left veiled]
- Time until news of landing: [now]
- [[Holding breath]]
- Status report:
- Mission control: [[...]]
- Whales: Calm
- U.S. Scientists: [[...]]
- Dolphins and Fish: OK
- Have we landed on a comet?: [[...]]
- Do harpoons work on comets: [[...]]
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- Philae: Hey, Earth!
- Status report:
- Philae lander:
- [16:15:00:]
- Philae: It's Philae.
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- [The countdown and the landing progress disappear]
- [Showing Philae on the comet]
- Philae: I got you a comet.
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Landed
- Comet 67P: Here.
- Whales: Calm
- Have we landed on a comet?: YES.
- Do harpoons work on comets: YES.
- Earth: Far Away
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- Mission control: Proud
- U.S. Scientists: Proud
- Earth: Proud
- [16:30:00:]
- Philae: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can. [separate dialogue] It's a long way home but they should get there soon!
- Status report:
- Comet 67P: Harpooned
- [16:35:00:]
- Status report:
- Comet 67P: Landed on
- Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
- [16:40:00:]
- [Philae slightly tilts]
- Status report:
- Philae lander: ???
- Mission control: Nervous
- U.S. Scientists: Anxious
- [16:45:00:]
- [Philae tilts more]
- Status report:
- Mission control: Anxious
- Comet 67P: ???
- U.S. Scientists: Nervous
- Earth: Confused
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- ["U.S. Scientists" renamed in status report]
- [New category appears in status report]
- [Philae tilts the opposite]
- Status report:
- Scientists: Nervous
- Harpoons: Tricky
- Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once
- [16:55:00:]
- [Philae tilts more]
- [17:00:00:]
- [Showing Earth]
- Status report:
- Scientists: Anxious
- Earth: Nervous
- [17:05:00:]
- Philae? [separate dialogue] Are you OK?
- [17:10:00:]
- [Showing Philae on the comet]
- Philae: I did it.
- Status report:
- Philae lander: Landed
- Mission control: !!!!!
- Comet 67P: Landed on
- Scientists: [[Wine]]
- Harpoons: Tricky
- Have we landed on a comet?: YES
- Earth: !!!!!
- [17:15:00:]
- Philae? [separate dialogue] Is everything OK?
- Philae: I landed! [separate dialogue] I'm on a comet. [separate dialogue] I'm OK and I'm on a comet.